Attachment 11289 Details for Bug 22297 – file.diff

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>--- book.sgml	Tue Oct 17 18:17:14 2000
>+++ /tmp/book.sgml	Wed Oct 25 20:14:12 2000
>@@ -6343,7 +6343,7 @@
> 
>       <qandaentry>
>         <question>
>-          <para>How do I let ordinary users mount floppies and other removable
>+          <para>How do I let ordinary users mount floppies, CDROMs and other removable
>             media?</para>
>         </question>
> 
>@@ -6353,6 +6353,14 @@
> 
>           <procedure>
>             <step>
>+              <para>As <username>root</username> set the sysctl variable
>+                <varname>vfs.usermount</varname> to
>+                <literal>1</literal>.</para>
>+
>+              <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1</userinput></screen>
>+            </step>
>+
>+            <step>
>               <para>As <username>root</username> assign the appropriate
>                 permissions to the block device associated with the
>                 removable media.</para>
>@@ -6360,33 +6368,47 @@
>               <para>For example, to allow users to mount the first floppy
>                 drive, use:</para>
> 
>-              <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 777 /dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
>-            </step>
>+              <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 666 /dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
> 
>-            <step>
>-              <para>As <username>root</username> set the sysctl variable
>-                <varname>vfs.usermount</varname> to
>-                <literal>1</literal>.</para>
>+              <para>To allow users in the group
>+                <username>operator</username> to mount the cdrom drive,
>+                use:</para>
> 
>-              <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1</userinput></screen>
>+              <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chgrp operator /dev/cd0c</userinput>
>+&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 640 /dev/cd0c</userinput></screen>
>             </step>
>+
>+	    <step>
>+	      <para>Finally, add the line
>+		<literal>vfs.usermount=1</literal> to the file
>+		<filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename> so that it is reset
>+		at system boot time.</para>
>+	    </step>
>           </procedure>
> 
>-          <para>Users can now mount <filename>/dev/fd0</filename> onto a
>-            directory that they own:</para>
>+          <para>All users can now mount the floppy
>+            <filename>/dev/fd0</filename> onto a directory that they
>+            own:</para>
> 
>           <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput> mkdir ~/my-mount-point</userinput>
> &prompt.user; <userinput> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 ~/my-mount-point</userinput></screen>
> 
>+          <para>Users in group <username>operator</username> can now
>+            mount the cdrom <filename>/dev/cd0c</filename> onto a
>+            directory that they own:</para>
>+
>+          <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput> mkdir ~/my-mount-point</userinput>
>+&prompt.user; <userinput> mount -t msdos /dev/cd0c ~/my-mount-point</userinput></screen>
>+
>           <para>Unmounting the device is simple:</para>
> 
>           <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>umount <filename>~/my-mount-point</filename></userinput></screen>
> 
>           <para>Enabling <varname>vfs.usermount</varname>, however, has
>             negative security implications.  A better way to access MSDOS
>-            formatted media is to use the <ulink
>-            URL="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=%5Emtools-&amp;stype=name">mtools</ulink>
>-            package in the ports collection.</para>
>+            formatted media (<emphasis>not CDROMs</emphasis>) is to
>+	    use the <ulink
>+	    URL="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=%5Emtools-&amp;stype=name">mtools</ulink> package in the ports collection.</para> 
>         </answer>
>       </qandaentry>

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